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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Central Tablet Manufacturing Co. v. United States

417 U.S. 673 · 94 S. Ct. 2516 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 24

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-593
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 673
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2516
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 24

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Central Tablet Manufacturing Co. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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